Beneath the Wonder of the Night Sky
by kirbic

Comment:
Wow, 13 years, and your last ribbon was a photo of stars, too. Obviously you should get outside more often. I'm impressed that you dared to venture into Pixinsight's deep, muddy waters.

Here's a little trick you might find useful... in Photoshop, select Color Range > Highlights with a pretty big fuzziness value to catch most of the stars. Select > Modify > Expand by 4 or 5 pixels, then hide the selection. Choose Filter > Other > Minimum with a radius of about 0.4 pixels (preserve roundness), and see if that helps.

Baby you are a shooting star.
by tjbel05

Comment:
The hidden potential that should have ribboned...

Baby you are a shooting star.
by tjbel05

Comment:
I'm surprised you didn't post the other version as an outtake. It's beautiful.

Northern Lights
by scalvert

Comment:

Originally posted by tanguera: Did you thank that guy? Great shot with a very well timed headlights assist.

I didn't realize it was a benefit at the time and probably gave him the evil eye.

Northern Lights
by scalvert

Comment:

Originally posted by JulietNN: This should have been Blue, you actually have shooting stars in it.

Can't say I disagree, but I've won blue ribbons with DNMC images, too (notably this one), so no complaints. I also agree that this looks fake, like a model or diorama. I have outtakes with foreground rocks that dispel the illusion, but I cropped tight to get the meteors as prominent as possible.

Parker-Lake
by JulietNN

Comment:
Your effort paid off... you won a meteor challenge without any meteors. Congrats on the new personal best!

Baby you are a shooting star.
by tjbel05

Comment:
The only great capture of a Perseid in this challenge. Pity that it's cut off, and I wish you had brightened the scene to bring out the Milky way and foreground trees, but kudos for the best meteor of the bunch!

Parker-Lake
by JulietNN

Comment:
Lovely night sky photo, especially with the water reflections. You even caught a glimpse of the Andromeda Galaxy between the top center trails. The bad news is that there aren't any Perseids in it. Those streaks are almost certainly satellite trails (the one at top left could be an airplane). The radiant for this meteor shower is at the top edge of this frame along the Milky Way, so any Perseids would trace back to that point. If you look through your other shots, you may find some Persieds, although with such a wide field all but the brightest ones will look like hairlines or a very thin teardrop shape. Any meteor trails at top center would be very short since they're shooting directly at you.

Having seen an outtake, I know who took this photo and won't vote on it. Given the tiny pool of entries and DPC's penchant for dark, moody scenes, there's a good chance you reel in a red (or even blue) ribbon in the Perseid Meteor Shower challenge without capturing a single Perseid meteor. Well played!

rooftop action.. or not
by tvsometime

Comment:
Good effort even if the meteors eluded you.

illion
by GeorgesBogaert

Comment:
Not quite sure what I'm looking at here... an illustration of some sort? There aren't any significant galaxies near this shower's radiant point, and I don't recognize the star patterns.